Super cool:

Yup - that stuff on top of the dandelion? That’s metal.
The substance is made out of tiny hollow metallic tubes arranged into a micro-lattice - a criss-crossing diagonal pattern with small open spaces between the tubes.
The researchers say the material is 100 times lighter than Styrofoam and has “extraordinarily high energy [...] Read more »

From the BBC:

Europe’s highest court has ruled that stem cells from human embryos cannot be patented, in a case that could have major implications for medicine.
Scientists say the Court of Justice decision may impede European research into the use of stem cell therapies, or drive research abroad.
The ruling follows a challenge [...] Read more »

Absolutely fascinating:

Imagine being attacked by one of your own hands, which repeatedly tries to slap and punch you. Or you go into a shop and when you try to turn right, one of your legs decides it wants to go left, leaving you walking round in circles.
Last summer I met 55-year-old Karen [...] Read more »

From the BBC:
“Although the tiny fireballs will only exist for a fleeting moment (less than a trillionth of a trillionth of a second) the temperatures will reach over ten trillion degrees, a million times hotter than the centre of the Sun,” said Dr Evans.
“At the temperatures generated, even protons and neutrons, [...] Read more »

This is incredible:

New software has enabled researchers to recreate a long forgotten musical instrument called the Lituus.
The 2.4m (8ft) long trumpet-like instrument was played in Ancient Rome but fell out of use some 300 years ago.
and:
But Dr Braden and his supervisor Professor Murray Campbell, were approached by a Swiss-based music conservatoire specialising in early music, [...] Read more »